Big Hopes
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| Released | May 26, 1998 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 40:50 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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Big Hopes is the third studio album by American country music artist Ty Herndon. It features the singles "A Man Holding On (To a Woman Lettin' Go)", "It Must Be Love", and "Hands of a Working Man". These songs peaked at #5, #1, and #5, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "It Must Be Love" was his third and final Number One on the country charts, while "Hands of a Working Man" was his last Top Ten.
Doug Virden and Drew Womack, then members of Sons of the Desert, serve as backing vocalists on other tracks, as they did on Herndon's previous album Living in a Moment. Blue Miller, formerly of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band and later of the Gibson/Miller Band, also provides background vocals.
Thom Owens of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that it "comes as close to MOR rock and pop as it does to country."[1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Big Hopes" | Walt Wilkins | 3:46 |
| 2. | "It Must Be Love" | Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud | 3:31 |
| 3. | "A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Lettin' Go)" | Bobby Taylor, Gene Dobbins, John Ramey | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Big Time Dreamer" | Gary Burr, Victoria Shaw | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Thinkin' with My Heart Again" | Donny Kees, Sanger D. Shafer, Dean Dillon | 3:08 |
| 6. | "Somewhere a Lover" | Tim Ryan Rouillier, Alex Harvey | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Hands of a Working Man" | D. Vincent Williams, Jim Collins | 3:47 |
| 8. | "How Much Can One Man Love You" | Burr, Bob DiPiero | 3:41 |
| 9. | "The Only Way I Know" | Burr, Mike Reid | 4:17 |
| 10. | "No Brakes" | Pat Bunch, Shane Teeters | 2:46 |
| 11. | "Tears in God's Eyes" | Skip Ewing, Kim Williams, Kent Blazy | 4:36 |
